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Arrow Lakes Drive brush fire under control

Wildfires Storrm Lennie - July 17, 2025

A small brush fire near Oostichenia has been deemed under control.

REN Energy commits to Fruitvale

Energy & Utilities Kate Brown - July 14, 2025

REN Energy boss clears the air with Fruitvale's Renewable Natural Gas facility project concerns.

RCMP seeking two men after explosion outside MLA Bowinn Ma’s North Van office

Provincial Emily Joveski - July 9, 2025

RCMP have released images of two men they believe were involved in an explosion last month in North Vancouver, which damaged the front door of the building housing the constituency office of B.C. NDP MLA and cabinet minister Bowinn Ma.

Updated: RDKB activates emergency operations centre

Wildfires Kate Brown - July 8, 2025

Local fire services are still awaiting information on a fire burning south of the border, near North Point in the state of Washington.

Warfield bust leads to gun, stolen items seizure

Crime Drew Wilson - July 3, 2025

Police say they found 24 firearms, firearm related items, a taser, body armor and a significant amount of stolen property on last week's Warfield bust.

West Kootenay under drought level three

Weather My Kootenay Now Staff - July 2, 2025

Drought conditions in most of the West Kootenay region are at drought level three.

Updated: Search warrant yields firearms, drugs, cash and stolen property

RCMP Kate Brown - June 27, 2025

The Highway 3B between Warfield and Rossland is now re-opened in both directions.

Not guilty verdict in Oasis fatal

Crime Drew Wilson - June 25, 2025

The man accused in the collision that claimed the life of a 34-year-old woman and injured her four children has been found not guilty.

Red Mountain opens new lift-access bike park opening this weekend

Recreation My Kootenay Now Staff - June 20, 2025

Big moves at RED Mountain: newest lift-access bike park opens and new president named to guide vision.

IH backs closure of Trail lab

City of Trail Drew Wilson - June 18, 2025

Interior Health maintains closing the lab at the downtown medical building in Trail and moving staff to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital is the best use of limited staffing.

Measles exposure in East Kootenay

Health Care Kate Brown - June 17, 2025

A case of measles has been confirmed in Sparwood, with Interior Health warning of possible further exposure in the region.

Community reacts to Trail’s Lab closure

Health Care Drew Wilson - June 17, 2025

A Trail City Councillor is speaking out against the planned closure of the 3rd floor lab at the downtown medical building.

Updated: Trail school goes into lockdown

SD20 Drew Wilson - June 12, 2025

The Superintendent of School District 20 says a report of a gun in a vehicle in the student parking lot prompted this afternoon's lock down at J-L Crowe Secondary School in Trail.